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Wednesday, May 20, 2009

It tastes of nothingand makes a messand it's full of pips that look like big black bugs.

But I like this picture. It makes me want to get together with my favourite girlies, in the sun and dip our toes in the water. Of course we'd have to replace those melon bits with something yummier, a Spanish orange maybe? Or bowls of fresh berries. Ooh! Margaritas! Who's with me?

24 comments:

I hate watermelon. In fact, all kinds of melons. And I don't like mangos or cherries or kiwi fruit. I know. Some people think this means I must hate life. But i don't! Just weird fruit textures. Weirdly, I get super jealous in summer time when everyone is biting into their juicy watermelons and mangos and have the juice dripping down their chins and it's all very festive and summer. Sometimes I just eat some anyway. But I don't like the taste.

Couldn't resist the title of your blog. In the defence of the humble watermelon - have you tried watermelon salad ? ( I think Nigella did a version of this) - basically chunks of watermelon , feta, olives, basil and a bit of lime juice (might be missing something out ) - it tastes very unexpected. Love the photo btw.

Um, thank you. Thank you for affirming everything that is wrong with watermelon. My husband loves it and has been trying to convince me of its merits for years. I thinks it tastes like watery styrofoam. But the photo is lovely.

Oh my goodness! Perhaps it is a regional thing but watermelons grow so sweet in Texas, and they even have seedless ones! For some people to take out the fun of spitting the seeds is blasphemy, but in my opinion the seedless are divine. Its quite important to get a fresh, local watermelon full of flavor and a thin rind.

Wait, have you ever had GOOD watermelon. Garden raised, warm from the sun, bright red and juicy watermelon? It's a totally different thing from the sad little anemic things they sell you at the grocery store. Don't give up on it yet!

And I agree. Watermelon is Yuck. A skinny-as-hell co-worker of mine recently told me she does "watermelon fasts" a few times a year to keep her figure. I snorted and told her I'd join... as long as watermelon cosmos and watermelon candy were on the list. Pffft!